Almost all remaining evacuation orders issued for the Regional District of Central Okanagan and the City of West Kelowna have been rescinded, with the exception of a handful of properties in West Kelowna.

Source: https://www.sootoday.com/national-news/destructive-west-kelowna-blaze-that-spurred-bcs-wildfire-crisis-is-under-control-7583212

Almost all remaining evacuation orders issued for the Regional District of Central Okanagan and the City of West Kelowna have been rescinded, with the exception of a handful of properties in West Kelowna.

Source: https://www.sootoday.com/national-news/destructive-west-kelowna-blaze-that-spurred-bcs-wildfire-crisis-is-under-control-7583212

Chief of Popkum Fire Rescue, Roos has been fighting fires for more than 15 years and is one of the more than 500 called in to tackle the devastating 120-square-kilometre McDougall Creek fire in West Kelowna.

Source: https://bc.ctvnews.ca/firefighter-becomes-canadian-citizen-over-zoom-while-on-front-lines-of-b-c-wildfire-1.6531019

It’s Christmas Eve for the West Kelowna Warriors.

Source: https://www.eaglevalleynews.com/sports/video-west-kelowna-warriors-look-to-sunday-night-football-to-announce-opening-night-roster/

Kelowna’s program is heavily relied upon, so it’s not surprising that nearby in West Kelowna the need is similar.

Source: https://globalnews.ca/news/10143371/okanagan-salvation-army-christmas-campaign-jump-in-demand/

Later, the province announced Kelowna will get $26 million, West Kelowna $10 million, Vernon $9.5 million, Summerland $4.5 million, Penticton $7 million, Peachland $2.8 million and Coldstream $4.1 million.

Source: https://www.pentictonherald.ca/news/article_1acc33ca-ccd2-11ed-a0af-c3a3f73ea5b3.html

Matthews Design Group in West Kelowna works with builders, developers and owners to incorporate wellness and healthy design aspects in their buildings.

Source: https://www.lakecountrycalendar.com/news/west-kelowna-company-helps-provide-healthier-living-spaces-for-seniors/

On Friday, Sept. 1, they helped take drugs and weapons off West Kelowna streets.

Source: https://www.lakecountrycalendar.com/news/out-of-town-officers-seize-hand-gun-illicit-drugs-in-west-kelowna/

The 2023 West Kooteny Avalanche spring hockey season (2010 birth year team) completed a perfect season recently, defeating the New Western Bruins Academy (Vancouver) in a shootout (2-1) in the West Kelowna Warriors Wine Country Classic Tournament.

Source: https://www.e-know.ca/regions/east-kootenay/locals-help-avalanche-spring-hockey-to-perfect-season/

The B.C. government, meanwhile, has also declared a due to fires there, namely in the West Kelowna area.

Source: https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/unlikely-fire-near-yellowknife-will-reach-outskirts-by-end-of-weekend-but-threat-remains-n-w-t-1.6526127

The fire, estimated at 10,500 hectares as of late Friday afternoon, has not only generated 12 evacuation orders and four evacuation alerts in the West Kelowna area, but also fires, evacuation alerts (3) and orders (10) in Kelowna.

Source: https://globalnews.ca/news/9906885/okanagan-wildfires-7-senior-care-facilities-evacuation/

The McDougall Creek wildfire burns in the hills of West Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada, on August 17, 2023.

Source: https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20230821-wildfires-ravaging-western-canada-force-tens-of-thousands-to-flee

The prime minister was in West Kelowna Friday meeting with local leaders, First Nations, volunteers and some of the thousands of people who were forced from their homes by a raging wildfire one week ago.

Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/bc-wildfires-latest-august-25-1.6947164?cmp=rss

The wildfire burning outside West Kelowna, B.C., has forced dozens of people to flee their homes, while thousands of others remain on evacuation alert.

Source: https://bc.ctvnews.ca/4-800-properties-on-evacuation-alert-as-wildfire-grows-outside-west-kelowna-b-c-1.6523260